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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the terminal used to connect to the Starlink internet network will look like "a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick."
SpaceX

Elon Musk: You’ll Connect to Starlink With “UFO on a Stick”

Just plug the device in and point it at the sky.

By Kristin Houser

Australia's New South Wales police force has charged 24 arsonists for deliberately starting bushfires contributing to the nation's ongoing emergency.
Science & Energy

Australia Arrests Dozens for Starting Bushfires on Purpose

Nearly 200 people have allegedly committed bushfire-related offenses.

By Kristin Houser

Airbnb uses an AI-powered tool to rate guests' likelihood of exhibiting "untrustworthy" traits, such as narcissism, Machiavellianism, and even psychopathy.
Artificial Intelligence

Airbnb Claims Its AI Can Predict Whether Guests Are Psychopaths

"Every Airbnb reservation is scored for risk before it's confirmed."

By Kristin Houser

A new study found that the presence of THC in the blood can accelerate growth of tumors in patients with HPV infection-related head and neck cancer.
Cancer

New Research: Cannabis Accelerates Growth of Common Tumors

Scientists found that daily marijuana use allowed specific cancer cells to grow uncontrollably.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers have built what they claim to be the first living robots called "xenobots" that can move, pick up objects, and even heal themselves.
Robotics

Scientists Build “First Living Robots” From Frog Stem Cells

"It's a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism."

By Victor Tangermann

On Wednesday, the Australian government began its plan to shoot down 10,000 wild camels that were threatening local communities in their hunt for water.
Future Society

Australian Snipers Are Shooting 10,000 Camels From Helicopters

The ongoing cull is meant to preserve dwindling water supplies.

By Dan Robitzski

A new documentary will follow Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as he hunts for a "life partner" to join him on a trip around the Moon in 2023.
Moon

Billionaire Seeks “Life Partner” to Join Him on SpaceX Moon Trip

"I want to shout our love and world peace from outer space."

By Kristin Houser

MIT released a massive report about the university's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Along with publishing the report, MIT also suspended engineer Seth Lloyd.
Future Society

MIT Suspends Another Professor for Epstein Ties

Engineering professor Seth Lloyd hid that Epstein gave him nearly $300,000.

By Dan Robitzski

Four newly-discovered sharks use their fins to crawl across coral reefs — and can also walk across short stretches of dry land.
Biology

Sharks Are Evolving to Walk on Land

They're evolving!

By Dan Robitzski

The mysterious Chinese pneumonia-like coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China, has officially reached the US, with one confirmed case in Washington.
Developments

Mysterious, Deadly Chinese Virus Officially Reaches the US

This is bad. Officials just confirmed the first case in North America.

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese officials confirmed that the pneumonia-like virus that first emerged at a Wuhan seafood market can be transmitted from person-to-person.
Developments

Chinese Virus Is Spreading Between Humans, Prompting Outbreak Fears

Hundreds are infected — including medical workers.

By Dan Robitzski

A genetic analysis of the virus behind the Chinese pandemic reveals that it likely originated from a snake at Wuhan's seafood market.
Viruses

Mysterious Chinese Virus May Have Spread From Snakes

Researchers have uncovered a crucial detail about the viral pandemic.

By Dan Robitzski

British researchers have discovered a new type of T-cell that kills at least 10 types of cancers, all while ignoring healthy cells.
Cancer

Scientists Discover Immune Cell That Kills Most Cancers

"Previously nobody believed this could be possible."

By Kristin Houser

Climatologist Alan Robock from Rutgers University and his team studied what an all-out nuclear war between world nations could look like.
Nuclear Fusion

Here’s Exactly How Screwed You’d Be in a Nuclear Apocalypse

Things would be bad inside the blast radius — and everyone else would envy the dead.

By Victor Tangermann

Monkeys zapped with electrodes woke up from being put under, and while it's a ways off from human use, this dream could be a waking reality soon.
Future Society

Electrode Brain Implant Could Potentially Zap People Out of Comas

A dream of medicine could one day be a waking reality.

By Foster Kamer

Harvard Prof: Deep Space Signal May Be From Alien Civilization
Science & Energy

Harvard Prof: Deep Space Signal May Be From Alien Civilization

The mysterious signal is repeating every 16 days. A Harvard researcher says it could be of "artificial origin."

By Jon Christian

For some unknown reason, people who were born blind don't develop schizophrenia, and scientists have differing ideas as to why.
Health & Medicine

People Born Blind Don’t Develop Schizophrenia, Baffling Doctors

Scientists have some guesses, but a full explanation eludes them.

By Dan Robitzski

According to a study published earlier this month in journal Genome Biology and Evolution, woolly mammoth genes had many bad mutations from inbreeding.
Science & Energy

So, Uh, the Last Woolly Mammoths Were Inbred, Mutated Wretches

Great lesson in taking inbreeders to tusk.

By Foster Kamer

A Dutch robot named MUSA has successfully performed supermicrosurgery on a human for the first time, which only a handful of doctors worldwide can do.
Health & Medicine

Meet MUSA, the Robot That Just Aced Supermicrosurgery for the First Time

The cuts in question were under a millimeter.

By Foster Kamer

Lexus president Koji Sato says the company will unveil it's Autopilot-like assisted driving technology, Highway Teammate, which enables hands-free driving.
Advanced Transport

Lexus: New Autopilot-Like Feature Will Allow Hands-Free Driving

The company's president calls it "hands-off but not eyes-off."

By Dan Robitzski